SoftBank is on the hunt for deals in artificial intelligence, including a potential investment in OpenAI, after the blockbuster listing of UK chip designer Arm bolstered Masayoshi Son’s multibillion-dollar war chest.
Two people familiar with Son’s thinking said that the Japanese conglomerate’s founder and chief executive is looking to invest tens of billions in AI after completing Arm’s initial public offering.
Microsoft-backed OpenAI is one of several options SoftBank is considering for a handful of such deals. SoftBank could also look to strike a broad strategic partnership with the ChatGPT maker, these people said.
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